Happy People: A Year in the Taiga poster

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

Name: Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Director: Werner Herzog
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-09-03
Rating: 7.3

"The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness"

Year 20101h 34m* 7.3/10Documentary

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a 2010 documentary directed by Werner Herzog. It features Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei in lead roles. The film carries a runtime of 1h 34m. Audiences have rated it 7.3/10 across 142 votes. In India, it is available to stream legally on Curiosity Stream.

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.